Pro-Palestine student rallies across US campuses have been described as ‘antisemitic’ by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The Guardian reports Netanyahu as having said: ‘Antisemitic mobs have taken over leading universities. They call for the annihilation of Israel. They attack Jewish students. They attack Jewish faculty. It’s unconscionable. It has to be stopped.’
This comes amid rising tensions at campuses across the US after demonstrations began last week, when students at New York’s Columbia University set up encampments calling for the university to divest from weapons manufacturers with ties to Israel.
The protests have led to mass suspensions and arrests of hundreds of students in New York, Texas and California.
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